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Olympics-Athletics-Tokyo dishes out punishing heat for dayside competitors
As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on Sunday, it was Tokyo's stunning heat that perhaps dished out the most pain. Punishing conditions greeted the athletes as a trackside thermometer in the open, placed about 50 metres from the finish lineRead More »
PA Media: Sport
Jemma Reekie feels no extra pressure to deliver some track success for Team GB
Reekie, Hodgkinson and Bell have all qualified for Tuesday’s 800m final.
PA Media: Sport
Who are Team GB’s athletics medal hopefuls after Dina Asher-Smith injury blow?
Asher-Smith was expected to challenge for medals in the 100m and 200m.
Reuters
Olympics-Athletics-'Hulk' Saunders smashes her limits to Tokyo silver
Sporting green and purple hair and a grinning Joker mask, Raven Saunders became a social media sensation after Friday's Olympic shot put qualifying round and on Sunday she displayed the raw power of Hulk to pick up her maiden Games medal. Nicknamed "Hulk" in high school after the Marvel superhero, Saunders hauled the heavy ball 19.79 metres on her best effort on a scorching day at the Olympic Stadium to win silver behind China's Gong Lijiao. But she returned to her Hulk mode for the medal-deciding round with her mask bearing the grimacing face of the green-skinned, muscular character.

Olympics-Athletics-Tokyo dishes out punishing heat for dayside competitors